Camila Cabello has been outspoken about her body insecurities in the past, publicly slamming body shamers for comments about her appearance.
The music star, 25, continued the conversation surrounding body insecurity with a touching post on Instagram. On Saturday, April 2, Cabello shared a screenshot of a lengthy message in a carousel post, pairing the essay with a selfie where the singer appeared frustrated and unamused. To begin the message, she said that every single time she goes to a particular, unnamed beach club in Miami, she gets photographed by the paparazzi.
“Somehow when I check in paps know and get me in my bikini and every time I’ve felt super vulnerable and unprepared,” she wrote. “I’ve worn bikinis that were to (sic) small and paid no mind to how I looked, then saw pictures online and comments and been so upset. I reminded myself when It impacted myself esteem that I was thinking the culture’s thoughts and not my own. A culture who has gotten so used to an image of what a ‘healthy’ woman’s body looks like that is completely not real for a lot of women.”
Cabello continued her statement by pointing out that harmful tactics like “Photoshop, restrictive eating, over exercising” and more make people’s bodies “look different than how they are in the moment and in their natural form, when we take a deep breath, when we eat a meal, when we allow the waves to tussle us around.”
“I remind myself of this, listen to podcasts on intuitive eating, follow women who accept their cellulite, stretch marks, bellies, bloating, and weight fluctuations.. and still,” Cabello said. “I’m a single woman in her 20s in the middle of a s—t ton of promo and i want to feel like I look ’good’.”
Cabello said that she took preventative measures and had gotten a new bikini, a “cute outfit,” put on lip gloss, and “didn’t eat anything too heavy” before she went into the water because she knew she was going to be photographed by paparazzi on the beach.
Back in 2019, she also took a moment on her Instagram Stories to address body-shaming comments made about her, which she stumbled across trying to find a picture to post for the two-year-anniversary for her song “Havana.”
